Filter.



G. J. KELLEY.

FILTER. APPLICATION FILED FEB. 8, 1908.

INVENTEIR. m i

Patented Mar.16,l909.

WITNESSES.

' TI N'QIQ i as ' scones J. KELLEY, OFYATTTLEBOBO, MASSACHUSETTS.

y Patented March 16,1909.

FILTER.

No; 8415,3585. Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed reama, 1908. Serial No. 114.869.

To. all hem it may concern;-

. l3e itl known thatI, GEORGE J. KELLEY, a citizen-of the United States, residing at Attlebore, in the county of Bristol-and State of ,Massachusetts, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Filters, of which the following is.- a specification.

Myinvention relates particularly to filters adapted to use uponinternal combustion engines or motors and has for its object a 7 novel and convenient form of screen memdependent y of the filter walls, and to effectually strain the fuel.

To the above ends essentially my inven tion consists in the novel construction, arrangement, and means of mounting the straining members.

ems of Fig. 2, and Fig. i, a perspective In the drawings, which constitute a part of this invention, Figure 1 is a side. elevation ofa filter embodying my invention, Fig. 2, a plan view of the same, Fig. 3, a, section on yiewci one of the strainers.

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-f;}-M filter is shown mounted for use as is ",usua m'boats, 111 0011111110t1011 with a horrfzontal fuel tank,.1, and carburetor, 2, con" nected respectively by the pipes, 3 and 4,.to the upper and lower-portions of the filter, 5.

if tp The filter com rises a cylindrical wall or died upon its upper end with threads, 7, which engage threads, 8, of a re- .moyable cap, 9, having asquared projection,

10, to accommodate awrench. The body is upperportion' bored to produce an internal "I strainer members which will be later de provided upon its lower end with external threads, 11, to engage the threads, 12, of a conical cap, 13, having a conical sha'pedbase, 1,4; The wall, 6, of the body has its interior annular shoulder, 15, to support a series of scribed in detail; The removable conical cap,13,14, comprises a trap. Upon the 111* 'yteriorof the wall, 13, is an annular shoulder,

16," 'upon which rests the flange, 16f, of a f conical guard plate, 17, provided at its apex Provide I straining members are s milar-1n: form and dimensions. Ea h -compr sesa vert1c-al.cy-;

18. The lower end of the with an openin v (l'With-a drip cook, 20. The

lindrical side *br wall, I 22, in \V11 l.( ll\i\fi Xe near its top. a diametrically disposed rod, 23T Soldered to the lower end of the wall, 22,- is a screen or perforated plate, 2 1. These strainers are thus arranged within the filter. The lower edge of the wall, 22, pf a filter member rests upon the shoulder, 15; and

the other members,- two in this instance, have their respective. walls resting one on top of the other his regular series, as shown in Fig. 3. The walls of these members are a tight. sliding fit in the wall, 6, and the mesh or openings of the screens, 24, are preferably larger in the upper oi the members.

The fuel in its passage from the supply tank, 1, carrying its sediment and water, to-

ward the carburetor, 2, through the pi e,.3,

passes by gravity downwardly throug the strainers, which intercept the sediment; and out throughthe pipe, 4, to the carburetor, The greaterspecific gravity of the water in the hydrocarbon fuel leads it to drop into the trap, 14, through the opening, 18, to which opening it is directed by the conical plate, 17.. The water thus accumulates or is trapped in the space between guide plate, 17, and the trap wall, 14, whence it may be drawn oil by the cook, 20. After repeated use the sediment accumulates in the straining members and should be emptied at intervals. This is efiected by unscrewing and removing the cap, 9. Then the fingers or a hook is inserted into the filter, which engages the cross bar, 23, of each of the strainers in succession, and re moves them for cleansing, after which they are slid back'into operative position and the cap, 9, is replaced.

t will be noted that the trap is located below the plane of the outlet pipe, 1, and is in no danger of mixing with the fuel which passes therethrough.

The particular cross sectionaL outline ofthe filter body and straining members is immaterial. What i claim is, 1. In a fuel filter for a combustion engine or motor, the combination with the filter body provided with an inlet and outlet in its sides and a conical base, of a straining menn her in the. bod and a conical guard in the conical base below the'outlet for trapping the Water from the fuel.-

2.311 a fuel filter'for a combustion engine conical base,.of a strainingmember in the body above the outlet, and a downwardly inclined guard below the outlet.

'3. In a fuel filter for a combustion engine or motor, the combination with the filter body provided with an inlet and outlet and a conical base, of a straining member in the body above the outlet, an inclined late in the base of the body below the out et and supported upon said base, and an opening in the plate adjacent the bottom of the base.

4. In a fuel filter for a combustion engine or motor, the combination with the filter 'body provided with a fuel inlet and a fuel outlet, of a strainer inthe body intermediate the inlet and outlet, a receptacle in the base of the body for receiving the waste elements contained in the fuel, and a downward inclined guard late in the base of the body below the fue outlet for preventing the return of the waste elements.

3. In a fuel filter for a'combustion engine or motor, the combination with the filter body provided with a fuel inlet and a fuel return of the waste elements, and means for drawing oh the contents of the receptacle.

6. In a fuel filter for a combustion en ine or motor, the combination with a filter bodv provided with an internal shoulder and with an inlet and outlet, of a straining member;

mounted in the body, below the inlet and above the outlet, and resting upon the shoulder, said member comprising side wall, and

a horizontal rod in the wall, a conical recep tacle in the base of the body, a conical plate above the receptacle and below the outlet provided with an opening in its apex leading to the receptacle. 7

In testimony whereof I have allixed my signature in presence of two witnesses.

GEORGE J. KELLEY. Witnesses: r

Hon-Arie E. BnLLows, Josnrn E. BURNS. 

